
Bringing God Down to Earth
Mark Gerson’s new book, “God Was Right,” offers a continuous dance between ancient wisdom and modern science, and comes out with practical lessons on virtually every aspect of life.
David Suissa is Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Tribe Media/Jewish Journal, where he has been writing a weekly column on the Jewish world since 2006. In 2015, he was awarded first prize for "Editorial Excellence" by the American Jewish Press Association. Prior to Tribe Media, David was founder and CEO of Suissa Miller Advertising, a marketing firm named “Agency of the Year” by USA Today. He sold his company in 2006 to devote himself full time to his first passion: Israel and the Jewish world. David was born in Casablanca, Morocco, grew up in Montreal, and now lives in Los Angeles with his five children.

Mark Gerson’s new book, “God Was Right,” offers a continuous dance between ancient wisdom and modern science, and comes out with practical lessons on virtually every aspect of life.

As Jew-haters continue to separate us from America, there’s no better moment to reaffirm our bond with this country than the anniversary of King’s defining speech.

We should never stop fighting the haters, but we should fight them as Jewish Americans, not just as Jews who worry only about Jews.

“Just do it” certainly permeated the culture and became one of the most famous slogans in history. But Nike never told us what “it” was.

The Jewish story is so consequential precisely because it is inseparable from the American story. If Jews need America, America also needs the Jews.

There’s a phenomenon in psychology called the “endowment effect”—people will value things more when they have paid for them.

Although Trump holds a significantly stronger hand as leader of the free world, he squandered much of that leverage by showing how eager he is to make a deal and win the Nobel Peace prize.

The Abraham Accords embodied Hamas’s ultimate nightmare: an Israel that would be admired.

Our tech geniuses will continue to lure us with “faster and better and easier” to the point that many of us may no longer need to think, read, research and commune with others.

Jews are living in an era of our grand family reunion. After 1900 years of wandering the world, now we can all meet up at Pico Glatt.